A few weeks ago I entered a contest to win a scholarship to the Backspace Agent/Author Seminar in New York in November. You had to submit your query letter and first two pages of your manuscript for judging. They received over 600 entries and picked four winners. I'M ONE OF THEM!
I am beyond excited. This will be a fantastic opportunity to get some further professional feedback on my work, meet and make connections with a number of wonderful agents, and immerse myself in writing for a few days.
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- Lisa Iriarte
- Middle school teacher (a.k.a. insane person) and science fiction/romance/urban fantasy writer, represented by Amy Boggs of the Donald Maass Literary Agency
24 comments:
Congratulations, Lisa! I'm the woman who asked if there was a possibility of seeing the queries of the winners. I'd really love to, if you're willing to post?
Hey Victoria, you can actually view the query on Jodi Meadows's blog.
http://jmeadows.livejournal.com/697865.html
Mine is the only query she critiqued that week. I've made a few changes based on her suggestions, but it's pretty much the same.
Well done i hope your book gets published =)
Thanks, Ryan! (And I'm glad to see you are doing your homework)! :)
Mrs. Iriate:
Congrats! I am really glad you won. I hope you get an agent in that cenfrence. :)
-Phebe
I'm glad you won the contest, I remember the day when you said your odds were low and now you actually won the contest out of the 600 queries they judged. I hope you book gets published. =)
Congratulations!
I knew you could do it! and you thought that your chances were low!i think not! haha well i hope you have fun on ur trip and hope your book gets published!=)
Congratulations! I am so ha very happy you won!Have fun on your trip! You are very talented, im lucky to have u you as a teacher! :)
-Alaina
Lisa ~ I won, too! Look for me at the conference. I would love to hear more about your book. Congrats!
Thanks, Nikki! Congrats to you, too! I'd love to get together with you and the other winners.
Oh, cool. Congrats! I went to a Backspace Author/Agent seminar a few years ago. It was fabulous. Have fun!
Congratulations!(To save you the trouble , yes I am your student.) I'm still happy for you.
Ms. Iriarte,
YOU WON! Well done, I hope that this takes you really far.:)
omg I'm so glad you won Mrs.iriarte i hope they publish your book and all of the books you are going to make.:D
oh and i am so glad you are my teacher.
congrats on the winning for the contest mrs. iriarte:)
I am Amazed
Hi Lisa,
Congratulations! I am one of the contest winners as well, so I look forward to meeting you! I just got in touch with Nikki as well. I've been a bit slow on that, but have been busy writing, writing, wrting.
Cheers,
Lori
Found your blog through Colleen Lindsay's contest post. Congrats on the win!
I used to be a middle school teacher, so I know what you go through on a daily basis. Hopefully this conference will be a great learning experience and mini-vacation for you!
Hey Lori and Megan,
Thanks for stopping by!
its amazing how you win so many contest.Congratulations . you said your chances were low yet you won. you will definitly get published. why dose it have you type the character?
Hi there! I'm happy for you.
Nice job Mrs. Iriarte!
Well done i hope you had fun :D
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